Annual Report 2024

1.	The following activities of the Policy Document 2023 were undertaken in 2024.
1.1.	Harlem Renaissance Correspondence Project 
The research will continue to focus on correspondence concerning the leading intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance and Marcus Garvey’s back to Africa movement. Relevant archives are located at the British Library in London and the University of Nairobi research library.
1.2.	Library
Some 40 titles were acquired on 20th and 21st century American and English literature, contemporary literary criticism and reference books.
1.3.	Courses 
hirty-two lectures were given by Dr Van Notten on works by David Mitchell, Margaret Atwood, Anna Burns, Karen Joy Fowler and Penelope Lively. Eight lectures were given by Dr Tigges on works by Mary Shelley, Daniel Defoe, Samuel Pepys, Emily Brontë, Herman Melville, George Elliot, Virginia Woolf and J.D. Salinger.
Number of students 48.
1.4	Summer school
	A lecture was given by Dr Tigges on Shakespeare sonnets. 12 Persons attending.

2.	The twenty-eight annual meeting of the Board of the Eleonora Stichting was held 29 September by video link. 

3.	Financial report. The policy is to support the activities of the Foundation as long as funds are available.

s are available.

Statement of Financial Position on 31 December 2024	
Assets	               €                Liabilities             € 
Inventory	        596 		Endowment Funds	    -139.252 
Receivables              - 		Private loans	     145.080 
Working Capital	      5.732 		Short-term debt          500 
Capital assets	      6.328 			               6.328 
				
			
Statement of Operations on 31 December2024		
Debit				
				
Expenses			        Revenues	
Programme	     5.484 		Program Revenues      11.800 
Administration	    12.859 		Donations	       4.000 
Financial	     5.161 		Balance	               7.704 
	            23.504 			              23.504 

4.	The Board wishes to recognise the commitment to the Stichting by Mr and Dr van Notten for their contribution of € 4,000.

The Dutch IRS (Belastingdienst) acknowledged the mission of the Eleonora Stichting and gave it the designation of a charitable foundation (Algemeen Nut Beoogende Instelling) as of January 1st 2008 for an indefinite period. The Stichting was designated a Cultural Charitable Foundation on 6 November 2020. The implication is that donations to the Stichting can be made free from taxation.

5.	Dr. Th.L. Heacox, passed away on April 4. As the chairman of the Eleonora Stichting, he was instrumental in advancing initiatives that supported education and cultural exchange. He is remembered for his wisdom and unwavering support for the mission of the Eleonora Stichting. 

6.	Members of the Board are: Drs F.D.H.M. Lijnkamp (Chairman), W.F.J. van Notten (Secretary), Dr P.E. Russell (Vassar College), and Dr C. Cogswell (University of Mississippi, Vice Chairman).